El ángel de Budapest
Encyclopedia
El ángel de Budapest is a Spanish 2011 television World War II
-Holocaust miniseries
(compiled to a television movie in various countries) based on the book "Un español frente al Holocausto" (A Spanish against the Holocaust) written by journalist
and radio
executive director
Diego Carcedo. The executive producers are José Manuel Lorenzo, Eduardo Campoy and István Major, the first two had collaborated on the spiritual film Sin noticias de Dios (2001). The film was shot in between November 9, 2010 to December 23, 2010 in Budapest
, Hungary
.
The plot focuses on Ángel Sanz Briz
, a Spanish ambassador in Hungary during World War II who helped to save the lives of thousands of jews from the Holocaust by lodging them in Spanisn safe houses in Budapest. There's also a romantic storyline following the lovelife of Antal a Jew who falls in love with the daughter of an Arrow Cross
official. He slowly turns to the resistance movement to save themselves.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
-Holocaust miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
(compiled to a television movie in various countries) based on the book "Un español frente al Holocausto" (A Spanish against the Holocaust) written by journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
executive director
Executive director
Executive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO"...
Diego Carcedo. The executive producers are José Manuel Lorenzo, Eduardo Campoy and István Major, the first two had collaborated on the spiritual film Sin noticias de Dios (2001). The film was shot in between November 9, 2010 to December 23, 2010 in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
The plot focuses on Ángel Sanz Briz
Ángel Sanz Briz
Ángel Sanz Briz was a Spanish diplomat during World War II who helped save many Hungarian Jews from Nazi persecution.After studying law, his first diplomatic posting was to Cairo...
, a Spanish ambassador in Hungary during World War II who helped to save the lives of thousands of jews from the Holocaust by lodging them in Spanisn safe houses in Budapest. There's also a romantic storyline following the lovelife of Antal a Jew who falls in love with the daughter of an Arrow Cross
Arrow Cross
A cross whose arms end in arrowheads is called a "cross barby" or "cross barbee" in the traditional terminology of heraldry. In Christian use, the ends of this cross resemble the barbs of fish hooks, or fish spears...
official. He slowly turns to the resistance movement to save themselves.
Cast
- Anna Allen as Adela Quijano
- Tamás Lengyel as Lajos
- George Mendel as Danielson
- Manuel de Blas as Miguel Ángel Muguiro
- Ana Fernández as Sra. Tourné
- Francis Lorenzo as Ángel Sanz BrizÁngel Sanz BrizÁngel Sanz Briz was a Spanish diplomat during World War II who helped save many Hungarian Jews from Nazi persecution.After studying law, his first diplomatic posting was to Cairo...
- Aldo Sebastianelli as Giorgio PerlascaGiorgio PerlascaGiorgio Perlasca was an Italian who posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944, and saved thousands of Jews from Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.-Early life:...
- Tamás Szabó Kimmel as Antal
- Iván FenyőIván FenyoIván Fenyő is a Hungarian actor.He made his studies at the University of Drama, Film and Television, Budapest.Fenyő made his feature film debut as a Hungarian soldier in Jarhead, directed by Sam Mendes. Although most of his scenes were cut from the movie, he went on to play the lead in the...
as Raoul WallenbergRaoul WallenbergRaoul Wallenberg was a Swedish businessman, diplomat and humanitarian. He is widely celebrated for his successful efforts to rescue thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust, during the later stages of World War II... - Áron Őze as Adolf Eichman
- László Agárdi as Miklós HorthyMiklós HorthyMiklós Horthy de Nagybánya was the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar years and throughout most of World War II, serving from 1 March 1920 to 15 October 1944. Horthy was styled "His Serene Highness the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary" .Admiral Horthy was an officer of the...
- Kata Gáspár
- Sára Herrer
- Athina Papadimitriu
- Tamás Balikó
- János Bán
- László Baranyi
- László Áron